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Home Visits and Inquiries.
This is carried out, both as regards notified cases and contacts, by women inspectors of
the Town Hall staff and by two nurses attached to the dispensaries. From the Town Hall
each of the six women inspectors investigates cases and contacts in the area of the Borough
allotted to her. The nurse at the St. Pancras Dispensary devotes to home visiting in Wards
1—6 so much of her time as is available, chiefly for special inquiries required by the
Tuberculosis Officer.
The nurse at the joint Holborn and St. Pancras Dispensary (which is at University
College Hospital) devotes half of her time to St. Pancras cases in Wards 7—8. The
visiting work carried out by the above staff during the year in connection with tuberculosis
was as follows:—
Visits by Tuberculosis Officers 244
Women inspectors—(a) First visits 760
„ (b) Subsequent visits 3,297
Visits by Dispensary Nurses 1,107
5,408
Attendance of women inspectors at dispensaries 471
Other visits of women inspectors for various purposes 208
Number of cases in which disinfection was carried out 127
Tuberculosis Dispensaries.
There are three dispensaries, situated as follows:—
39, Oakley Square, N.W.I.
132, Maiden Road, N.W.5.
University College Hospital, W. 1.
The two first mentioned are for patients residing in the six wards of the Borough north
of Euston Road (Census population, 169,276). The staff consists of the Tuberculosis Officer
(Dr. Donnelly), a nurse, and a clerical and general assistant, all full-time officers.
In this area the cases of tuberculosis notified during the year numbered 437 (332
pulmonary, 105 non-pulmonary), which represent attack rates of 1.9 and 0 6 respectively per
1000 of the population. The deaths in this area registered as being due to tuberculosis
numbered 217 (177 pulmonary, 40 non-pulmonary), representing death rates of l.0l and
0.23 respectively per 1000 of population.
The dispensary at University College Hospital is a joint one serving the two wards
of St. Pancras south of the Euston Road (Census population, 42,090), and the whole of the
Borough of Holborn. The staff here consists of a part-time Tuberculosis Officer (Dr. Hilton,
January to September; Dr. Struthers, October to December), and a full-time nurse who
devotes half of her time to St. Pancras cases.
In this area of St. Pancras (Wards 7 and 8), the cases of tuberculosis notified during
the year numbered 115 (103 pulmonary, 12 non-pulmonary), representing attack rates of
2.37 and 0.27 respectively per 1000 of population.
The deaths in this area registered as being due to tuberculosis numbered 51 (47
pulmonary, 4 non-pulmonary), representing death rates of 1.08 and 0.09 respectively per 1000
of population.
The following table gives a summary of the work done at the three dispensaries during
the year:—